English rendering Use corporal punishment Literal translation: “Raise a rod”
Strike with a switch, club, or the like.
Dictionary example 1
내가 잘못을 할 때마다 어머니는 매를 드셨다.
Read the meanings, trace, then cover above the masking line and write. Uncover, choose a meaning, and make your own sentence.
Writing text매 들다
Explore the body parts or scenes linked to this idiom.
A silent film that writes the headword and its meaning.
2 meanings Operate or tackle a deep problem Perform surgery 
2 meanings Wound deeply or make definite Plant a deeply bitter grievance in another person’s heart 
3 meanings Be deeply wounded; stand frozen; stare fixedly Have bitter feelings deeply lodged in one's heart. 
Interfere obstructively Intrude into another’s affair and obstruct it 
attach a kite’s bridle To attach bridle strings to a kite. 
2 meanings Snatch a kite; intercept property Throw a weighted line to catch another person's kite. 
Nock and draw an arrow Place an arrow against the bowstring and draw the bow 
Shared · 2 Have formidable power Have very great authority or momentum. 
Shared · 2 Wield formidable power Have exceedingly strong power or force 
2 meanings Interfere ineffectually Interfere clumsily or ineffectually Browse in Hangul order.
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